Review: Good Calories, Bad Calories
by Gary Taubes
An exhaustive (466 pages) compendium of pretty much all of the major research ever done on diet as it relates to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and the full suite of Western diseases plaguing the modern world. The message is simple – refined carbohydrates and sugars wreak havoc with insulin levels and cause metabolic syndrome and pretty much every physical ailment known to modern man.
If you’re interested in the particulars of what refined carbohydrates do to your body or why the medical profession continues to disregard the facts and continues to prescribe carbohydrates as the foundation of a healthy diet, read up. If you’re just looking for dietary advice, you’d be better served by reading the back cover and maybe the introduction and not buying the book.
